Overview
- McLaren staged the commemorative demonstration on the Monaco grid Thursday to mark its 1,000th Formula 1 entry, bringing past and present personnel together for photos and track activity.
- Eleven drivers who have won for McLaren gathered with team leaders and F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, a group that McLaren says represents 93 of the team's 203 Grand Prix victories.
- Two-time world champion Mika Häkkinen drove the M2B, McLaren’s first F1 car, for a demonstration lap that paired the vintage car with the modern MCL40 on the pit straight.
- The celebrations highlighted McLaren’s record — 10 world championships, 203 wins, 447 podiums and 177 poles — and noted the team is only the second after Ferrari to reach 1,000 races.
- McLaren framed the Monaco event as a more intimate fan and heritage moment after calendar changes moved a larger planned celebration from Miami, and the paddock also saw unrelated technical news with an FIA engine compression measurement amendment implemented before the race.